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Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Federal Policing Intelligence

Program code
BXG02 (RCMP)
Core responsibility
Federal Policing
In Departmental Plans
2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program supports the Government of Canada’s commitment to a safe and secure Canada by generating actionable intelligence for the purposes of advancing law enforcement operations and informing senior decision-makers of threats, risks, and opportunities. It provides timely and relevant information and intelligence, as well as in-depth analysis of emerging criminal threats to increase situational awareness for the RCMP and the Government of Canada. It leverages information-sharing processes to identify, investigate, and/or disrupt criminal networks and potential criminal threats in Canada and abroad.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Federal Policing Intelligence 2019-20: $95.4MFederal Policing Intelligence 2020-21: $79MFederal Policing Intelligence 2021-22: $95.3MFederal Policing Intelligence 2022-23: $107MFederal Policing Intelligence 2023-24: $102MFederal Policing Intelligence 2024-25: $112MFederal Policing Intelligence 2025-26: $112MFederal Policing Intelligence 2026-27: $119MFederal Policing Intelligence 2027-28: $116MFederal Policing Intelligence 2028-29: $112MFederal Policing IntelligenceIntelligenceFederal Policing Intelligence
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data. The line at the bottom shows this program's names over time.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Federal Policing IntelligenceThis program2019-20 – 2028-29$591M

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2022-23Renamed from “Intelligence” to “Federal Policing Intelligence”.GC InfoBase program names by year
2023-24Indicators added: Increase in percentage (%) of Federal Policing Partners and Stakeholders who agree with the statement: "National Intelligence provides intelligence products that are used to advance operations”Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2023-24Indicators dropped: Number of entities identifiedDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators added: Percentage of intelligence products presented for operational decision-makingDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators dropped: Increase in percentage (%) of Federal Policing Partners and Stakeholders who agree with the statement: "National Intelligence provides intelligence products that are used to advance operations”Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Increase in percentage (%) of Federal Policing Partners and Stakeholders who agree with the statement: "National Intelligence provides intelligence products that are used to advance operations”
Expected result: Enhanced ability for the RCMP and its partners to detect, prevent, disrupt, and take enforcement actions against domestic and international threats
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2023-245% increase every two years until ultimate target of 75% is achieved2024Not Available
The RCMP Policing Partners & Stakeholders survey was not administered for 2023-24.
No result reported
2024-255% increase every two years until ultimate target of 75% is achieved2025S. O.
The RCMP Policing Partners & Stakeholders survey was not administered for 2024-25.
No result reported
Number of entities identified
Expected result: RCMP has enhanced its ability to advance operations
02020-21– no result02021-22– no result02022-23– no result

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20—2020—
Not Available Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2019-20. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true measure of performance. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodology, to ensure that National Intelli…
No result reported
2020-21—20210
Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 202-20210. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true measure of performance. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodology, to ensure that National Intelligence is bes…
No result reported
2021-220 – 020220
Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2021-2022. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true measure of performance. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodology, to ensure that National Intelligence is bes…
No result reported
2022-23≥ 02023Not available.
Due to a number of methodological challenges, it was not possible to provide a reliable and valid response to this indicator for 2022-2023. Given these limitations, any number provided would not present a true measure of performance. Efforts are underway to revisit this measure, including the clarification of definitions and data collection methodology, to ensure that National Intelligence is bes…
No result reported

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

Percentage of intelligence products presented for operational decision-making
Expected result: Enhanced ability for the RCMP and its partners to detect, prevent, disrupt, and take enforcement actions against domestic and international threats
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2026-27The target will be set once the baseline is established following the first year of reporting in 2026-27.2027—Planned

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2019-20: $75.8M2019-20: $95.4M2019-202020-21: $77.2M2020-21: $79M2020-212021-22: $75.7M2021-22: $95.3M2021-222022-23: $81.5M2022-23: $107M2022-232023-24: $83.8M2023-24: $102M2023-242024-25: $97.3M2024-25: $112M2024-252025-26: $112M2025-262026-27: $119M2026-272027-28: $116M2027-282028-29: $112M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2019-20$75.8M$95.4M
2020-21$77.2M$79M
2021-22$75.7M$95.3M
2022-23$81.5M$107M
2023-24$83.8M$102M
2024-25$97.3M$112M
2025-26$112M—
2026-27$119M—
2027-28$116M*—
2028-29$112M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2019-20: 5602019-20: 5402019-202020-21: 5382020-21: 5492020-212021-22: 5632021-22: 5452021-222022-23: 5392022-23: 6002022-232023-24: 5332023-24: 6332023-242024-25: 5482024-25: 6562024-252025-26: 5712025-262026-27: 6182026-272027-28: 6072027-282028-29: 5822028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2019-20560540
2020-21538549
2021-22563545
2022-23539600
2023-24533633
2024-25548656
2025-26571—
2026-27618—
2027-28607*—
2028-29582*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.